Answer to Question #256293 in General Chemistry for Kimmay17

Question

Consider a orbital.

What are the allowed values for the and quantum numbers for a orbital?

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What are the allowed values for the quantum number for a orbital?

  

  

  

  

What is the maximum number of orbitals that could be present in any one atom?

 

 orbitals

What is the maximum number of electrons that could occupy a single orbital?

 

 electron(s)

Answer 1

The three quantum numbers (n, l, and m) that describe an orbital are integers: 0, 1, 2, 3, and so on. The principal quantum number (n) cannot be zero. The allowed values of n are therefore 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on. The angular quantum number (l) can be any integer between 0 and n - 1